Hanger for apparel



APliHZ, 1949 l l.. B. MEYERHOFF y 2,467,141

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April 12, 1949- L. B. MEYRHOFF 2,467,141

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one-half to" Natalie R.i Meyerlioff, ElknSTark,

This...inventin .relates .toi

arment hangers, and more particularly to hangers from .which light.. garments .are ...suspended, s vuchaschildrens dresses, la dies dresses, slipsand.Otherarticlesof apparel..

O Ile ,of the objects visionof a hangerof this typehaving a substantially rigid central or head.memberprovidedwith .a Supportnahook forengagementwith a supporting bar or member, and relatively flexible members extending the garment, and which vare adapted to be .exed so thatthe hanger may be withdrawn through the neck opening of the garment bythe flexing of the members extending from the head.

of means wherebygthe nexible. members may be vcellapsed to a certain degree. before withdrawing the hanger from the garment. .l A still further object is the provision of .means hanger by partiallycollapsing the hanger while the supporting hook is in engagement with a supporting bar.

.The hangeris not only adapted for use in the home but provides a great saver ofzman hours in dress manufacturing' plantsin which the dresses are hung from supporting bars in lots, .eachl lot mayrepresent a differentsize of a particular type of. garment and sold to .merchants in quantities, and when lan order is received by themanuacturer the packer making up the order for shipmentv counts the; number of garments required from a. designated rackiand if the number required from a rack isY no more than he can grasp between his arms, he clamps the lot between his yarmsy at the` plane of the hangers-1. holds them clampedy in relation to each other, and raises them to release4 the hooks from-the'supporting bar, and then places them in piled relation on a table then of my 1nvention is the profrom the. head for supporting i hereby the garment. can-be removed from the A further object of. my. invention is the provision removing his arms so thatthe pile is'inposition t to be wrapped or tied in a bundle after the hangers lare `removed as hereinafter described.-

-. The garments -when placed -on ythe lhangersare ready-forsale and are not Aonly pressed but are usually /folded about a cardboard or paper shape retaining means within vthe garment, and are Asecured in folded position by means of pins, so that -thehanger must Abe removed through the neck vopening without unbuttoning the garment. which isa-tedious and time yconsuming"operation, as it iis necessary with the 'wellknown wirehangers that. when'removing the vhangers theportion at lione side ofthe hookzisslipped-laterally'intollthe Pa., assigner of the hebk be retrieved hreuehftheneclispgndisarranges the garment and. net infrequently .eitherreleases theibuttons fromthe button ingles, and. in. some.. cas esrips .the buttons trom the garment Asthis process mustbe repeated tor removinga hanger fromeachgarment in the stack, a large.- amount of timev isdconsurned which is frer- .quentlyaugmented by the additional time re- .quired for rearranging the, garments. which were .disarranged duringthe removal of the hangers.

d By-the use o f -my improved hanger, the time required -or removing the hangers from .a stack of garmentsis greatly reduced and the hangers are .removed .without disarraneme asineleear- '.Inlt. il. i. 1.. ...After thegarments. have .been .plated 0.11; .the :table'as aboveidescribed, the nackerlishtlypresses the stackwith .his left arm. .erases the hooks 0r the. eontractinamembers of. .one of the. hangers @with the .other hand .andwithdraws the .hangers through the neck opening, one by o ne v or l 1 e may drawfseyeral atene timeifdesred- :..frBy .theuseeiene form 0f hanger, the packer may simultaneously remove all the hangers from a pack of .garments while clamped between his `arms .by drawingthem from their hangers while hanging;from ;a supporting bar by their hooks, 'leaving the hangers on thesupportingfbar after the withdrawal of the garments.

In addition to the above outlined objects, these hangers .will serve useful and important functions inqretail-,andgj obbing establishments. They will permit a..clerk to. `quickly :remove-or` replacegarmentshanging from racks for try-on or other .purposes.

Havingthus described,'in a general way, the nature .and purpose .of this invention, I will proceed, for illustrative purposes, to a detaileddescription'of several forms of hangers in accordance with my invention and in which:

fFig: 1 is` a kface view 'illustrating a garment -which'has 4been pressed, folded and pinned about 'an inner.` fshape retaining member with a yhanger in position ready for hanging the garmentson a supporting bar.v J. .y

I`Fig. 2vis `a View ora-hanger vsuch as -shown inthe garment in' Fig. 1"withthe'head in section;

Fgr is a view-similar to--Fig.2-showing -another means of contracting the hanger;

Fig;V 4. .isf vva similar view .of another 'formv of .armholesc thattheportionat the other. sidmof ..5.5 hanger; .2l isi-.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of still 'another form of hanger;

Fig. 6 is a similar View of a simple form of hanger; and,

Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the line 'I-'I of Fig. 2.

Referring to Fig. 1 in which I have illustrated a childs 4dress, designated by the reference character A, which has been pressed, folded about a triangular cardboard retainer B illustrated in dotted lines, and properly pinned as folded, and

Within which a hanger such as shown in Fig.

2 has been positioned.

The hanger comprises a head member vC `and flexible members D connected thereto. In Fig. l, the large loops shown diagrammatically in dotted lines indicate the nexible hanger members D in supporting relation with the garment, while the smaller loops shown in dotted lines 'indicate the contracted position of the loops in position for withdrawal through the neck opening of the dress. y

The hanger shown in Fig. 2 as above described is the same type as that shown in Fig. 1. The

hook F is formed as a continuation of the loop forming members D and extends upwardly through an opening 9 in the head C through 'which the'members D are adapted to slide, while the .ends oi the loop forming members are secured to the head C by being laced through slots I'I `and the ends being bent over as indicated atI3. A stop member II! is formed on said members above the head, and they are provided with cam members I4 below the head, which will require'a greater pull on the hook F than caused by the weight of the garment to be supported thereby to draw the cam members I4 through the openings in the head, so that when a garment such as A shown in Fig. 1 is supported by the hook F the weight of the garment will draw the cam members I4 into engagement with the opening 9 but a heavier pull is required to cause the cam members to pass through the opening 9 to coun- -tract the loops D as shown by the smaller loops in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The exible members D may be made oi any 'suitable material but are preferably made from steel strips and may be secured to the head in any' desired manner. The head may also be `made o'fany suitable material. The hooks may also be made separate and secured `to the ends of the loop forming members in some of the forms or may be attached to the head in others.

In Fig. 3, I have shown another form of hanger `in which the loops D3 may also be contracted vby a hand hold I4 formed by connected ends of the loops D3 extending upwardly through an opening 9a in the head C3. The connected ends are also provided with a stop member Ia as in the structure shown in Fig. 2. The other end of eachloop is laced through ia slot IIa in the head C3 and the opening 9a and is bent over. as indi- -cated to secure the end to the head. The opening 9a is made suihciently wide to provide space for both ends of both loops so that the end portions of the loops below stop member 10a are `adapted to slide between the other ends 0f the loops.

The lower portions of the members forming the hook F3 are provided with a stop member I6, the ends extending through a slot I8 in the head and then bent over to secure the hook to the head.

In Fig. 4, the head C4 is provided with `a slot vI Ib at each end thereof and a slot I9 on Veach 4 side of the center oi the head. The one end of each loop D4 is laced through a slot IIb and then bent about one wall of slot I9 at the same end of the head, While the other end of the said loop is passed through the slot I9 at the side of the other end of the loop and bent over rso that both ends of each loop are secured in lthe same slot in the head. y

The hook F4 is loosely mounted in an annular 10 opening I8b in the head C4, between a stop mem-1 yber Illb and a washer so that the head C4 is free'to vturn on the end of the hook, and when the hanger is removed from a garment, the loop membersV are Aflexed during the withdrawal 15 through the `neck opening of the garment.

The structure shown in Fig. 5 is very similar to Fig. 2, but the head C5 is only provided with three slots, a slot I I at each end of the head C5, and a central slot 9c of suicient width for o the reception of four thicknesses of the stock from which the flexible loops and hook are are formed.

The hook-member F5 is firs-t curved and provided with a stop IIlc, the loop forming portions are then both laced through slot 9c and each is then laced through a slot IIc and back through slot Scand bent about the stop luc, so that the hook member F5 and the ends of the loop are xedly secured to the head C5, and when the vgo'halnger is removed from a garment, the loops are flexed during the withdrawal through the neck opening of the garment.

In Fig. 6, a Vsimple form of hanger is shown comprising a head C6 having a central slot 9d, and a slot IId at each end thereof. The hook F6 and the flexible supporting members D6 are lformed of a single piece of flexible strip or wire bent midway between the ends to form the hook F6 and stop Illd. Both ends are then passed ..40 through slot 9d to seat the stop I0d on the head, the strips are then spread and bent about the walls of the slot 9d and each is then laced through a slot IId in the head and bent as seen in Fig. 6. The flexible members extending from the head of eachof the structures shown in Figs. 1-6 are adapted to be flexed so that the hanger may be withdrawn through thefneck opening of the garment by the flexing ofv the members extending from the 'head during the withdrawal of the hanger through the neck opening of the garment. The structure shown in Fig. 1 is particularly adapted for use in wholesale establishments where vpackers making up orders desire to simultaneously remove a large number of garments .55 from their hangers while hanging from a supporting bar by their h-ooks.

It will be apparent that the length of the heads or the main supporting portion will be varied for different sizes of hangers as well as the size and exibility of the flexible members D for hangers for garments of diier'ent weights.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger having a relatively rigid lbody portion, oppositely disposed exible loops extending from the body portion, said loops being rigidly connected at one end to said body portion, the other ends extending through an openin-g in the body portion and means for drawing 'saidv last mentioned ends through the opening ltocontr-act said loops.

2. A garment hanger having a relatively rigid central body portion with oppositely extending ends, a flexible loop extending from each end ofthe body portion and having an outwardly and an'in'wardly extending portion, the outwardly extending portion of each loop being connected to the body portion, the inwardly extending portions passing through an opening in the body portion and adapted to be shifted relative to the body portion to contract the loops, and a supporting hook on the ends of the portions extending through the opening.

3. A garment hanger having a relatively rigid central body portion with oppositely extending ends, a flexible loop extending from each end o the body portion and having an outwardly and an inwardly extending portion, the outwardly extending portion of each loop being connected to the body portion, there being an opening in the body portion, the inwardly extending portions of the loops extending through the opening and arranged to be drawn through the opening to contract the loops.

4. A garment hanger having a relatively rigid central body portion with oppositely extending ends, a flexible loop extending from each end of the body portion and having an outwardly and an inwardly extending portion, the outwardly extending portion of each loop being connected to the body portion, there being an opening in the body portion, the inwardly extending portions of the loops extending through the opening and arranged to be drawn through the opening to contract the loops, a hook connected to the ends oi the loops extending through the opening, and means providing a predetermined resistance to the passage of the ends of the loops through the opening.

5. A garment hanger having a substantially rigid body portion, a supporting member extending upwardly therefrom, oppositely extending flexible garment supporting arms extending from the body, each arm being formed of a continuous strip of wire extending outwardly from the body portion then bowed upon itself and extending backwardly to the body portion, the outwardly and backwardly extending portions of the arms being substantially parallel with the supporting member, both ends of the arms being secured to the body portion, said arms being suiciently inii-exible for the unaided support of a garment and suiiciently exible to permit the withdrawal of the arms through the neck opening of a garment when the hanger and the garment are moved relative to each other to withdraw the hanger by flexing of the arms and to return the arms to their garment supporting positions after withdrawal.

6. A garment hanger having a substantially rigid body portion, a supporting member extending upwardly therefrom, oppositely extending flexible loops, each loopl being formed or a continuous strip of wire of greater width than thickness extending outwardly from the body, then bowed upon itself and extending backwardly to the body in the same vertical plane with the broad faces of the wire extending transversely to the plane of the loop forming garment supporting arms extending from the b-ody, said arms being suiciently inexible for the unaided support of a garment and sufficiently ilexible to permit the withdrawal of the arms through the neck opening of the garment when the hanger and the garment are moved relative to each other to withdraw the hanger by the flexing of the larms and to return the arms to their garment supporting positions after withdrawal.

LESTER B. MEYERHOFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,352,382 Riddick Sept. '7, 1920 1,769,076 Schrack July 1, 1930 

